Mobility and Payroll

Mobility Tax and Compensation

A flexible, mobile workforce gives businesses additional flexibility to assign the desired resources to the desired locations supporting project requirements, facilitating business growth, and adding inherent value. A wide range of temporary, permanent, mobile, and remote employee arrangements are common in today’s business models, with each requiring different levels of guidance. Such flexibility can also increase compliance risk and make tax obligations more complex, with businesses and mobile employees often required to fulfill tax compliance requirements in multiple jurisdictions.

Deloitte’s mobility tax specialists draw on extensive knowledge of tax regulations across jurisdictions to help clients address these complex situations. Our experienced tax professionals can help you align strategy, policy, and operations to address the talent and tax implications of a mobile workforce. Our mobility tax services include:

• Preparation of individual tax returns for domestic and mobile employees
• Hypothetical tax calculations
• Tax equalizations
• Net pay calculations
• Income and social tax planning
• Remote and contingent worker compliance and consulting
• Business traveler compliance, analytics, and consulting
• Tax concierge services
  

Global payroll operations for a mobile workforce have become increasingly complex, while tax authorities around the world seek to have more stringent enforcement of wage and tax reporting requirements. Deloitte helps clients address the challenges of regulatory compliance, operational efficiency, and financial transparency by providing broad-based, end-to-end global compensation and payroll advisory assistance through our advisory and annuity services. Our mobility compensation specialists assist to provide the necessary level of compliance by helping you address your employer, tax, and social security payroll obligations.

Talent and Payroll Process Advisory

For organizations with a mobile workforce, talent and payroll services can be both complex and time-consuming. In addition to the administrative burden, they should consider managing employee-related risks and protecting sensitive personal information—all while striving to align talent practices and policies within a company’s strategic vision.

Deloitte’s talent and payroll professionals help businesses improve efficiency and align resources with larger goals. We can analyze existing processes, then recommend cost-efficient, compliant alternatives, often supported by innovative technology.

We offer an array of flexible operational services, including payroll compensation taxability review, payroll system guidance, mobility compensation services, benefits advisory services, and workforce talent guidance. Our assistance can be provided at varying levels—from short-term or ad hoc assistance to outsourced and co-sourced talent or HR services.